On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 13:24, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 12:15:26PM -0500, Alastair Neil wrote: > > can someone give me some pointers about accessing my juke box using > > mtx? I cannot figure out what device to use. > > > > nwadmin reports the control port at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the tape device as > > /dev/rmt/1hbn , this is a link to : > > /devices/[EMAIL PROTECTED],2000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:hbn > > > > any pointers appreciated. > > > > Do you have any entries under /dev/changers or /dev/scsi/*?
no /dev/scsi directory nor /dev/changers > > Using the Solaris "sgen" driver (scsi general) others have reported > that they get devices /dev/changer/???. I get something under > /dev/scsi/sequential/???. From that I manually create a > /dev/changer/??? link because it "makes sense". > > Check the archives or your vendors docs for comments about setting > up /kernel/drv/sgen.conf if you haven't already done so. > > You say your tapedevice is /dev/rmt/1. What is /dev/rmt/0? Do > you have another tape drive? If not, maybe you should remove > all the symbolic links in /dev/rmt and run devfsadm(1m) to > recreate them. If both reappear, then perhaps one is the > tape drive and the other is the changer device. I get both > the /dev/scsi device from the sgen driver and an extra /dev/rmt > device from the st driver. The latter is also my changer, I > can use either. /dev/rmt/0 is the built in DAT drive, I'm confident that I have the right tape device. It looks like sgen is not configured so I have created a sgen.conf file and then I'll schedule a reboot -- -rv to see if the devices files you mentioned are created. Thanks for your help I think you have set me on the right track. regards, Alastair -- Dr. Alastair J. Neil Unix Systems Administrator IT&E Labs, George Mason University
